Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did all that so that we would have better opportunities , and they expected us to grab them when they came along . |
| 2 | There they made him sing them a song and were enchanted by the noises which came out . |
| 3 | Having had experience of managing local bands and promoting one or two of Runrig 's gigs , they asked her to manage them . |
| 4 | They asked me to join them , but I did n't want to … |
| 5 | A group of friends was going to St Servan near St Malo and they asked me to join them . |
| 6 | As some of the other legionnaires could n't write very well , they asked me to help them with their letters . |
| 7 | They asked me to follow them without any explanation and blindfolded me . |
| 8 | They asked us to take them as a matter of urgency because the children were in such poor condition |
| 9 | After an inept start , Rangers battled belligerently to achieve the result they sought which keeps them abreast of Marseille , who defeated Club Brugge 3-0 in France . |
| 10 | After a moment 's hesitation she blurted , ‘ The couples I 've seen seem to parade , as though they want everyone to notice them . ’ |
| 11 | This appeals greatly to the crowd , as they want somebody to lead them , who is just like themselves . |
| 12 | ‘ Might it be , I 'm only hazarding a guess , you realize that , but might it be that they want you to get them out here again ? ’ |
| 13 | Immediately they invited him to join them , singing in their slightly squeaky voices of the charms and luxury of their lifestyle . |
| 14 | Not necessarily in terms of the way the job is done , but in the cost banks really are expensive if you 're minded to use a bank they do publish their tariff , they say they give them out to people , I suspect that it gets forgotten sometimes the principle is there the is n't . |
| 15 | They say he recruits them so he can look even more golden and gorgeous by contrast . ’ |
| 16 | As they mature he leads them out of the harem to an independent existence . |
| 17 | Because they let him pick them up . |
| 18 | And Rosie , Susan , Heather , Katie , Clara and Isabel could not resist her either ; they let her join them , weakly , unable to refuse such primitive intention . |
| 19 | They let me read them , they did n't take it away . |
| 20 | They told him to meet them two nights later and threatened frightful consequences if he should fail to appear . |
| 21 | Hashim Ciftci told the Today newspaper that he shot cameraman Nick della Casa and his assistant Charles Maxwell after they hired him to guide them on an expedition to film fighting between the Iraqi army and Kurdish rebels in the mountains of northern Iraq . |
| 22 | When they stop I give them a clap , but no one else does . |
| 23 | What way they dried them , whether it was in the sun or if they 'd anything to dry them with , I do n't ken . |
| 24 | So , while they watch us watching them … ’ |
| 25 | They begged him to let them off this time , but he rang back hour after hour , day , after day : " Sell your car . |
| 26 | So devastated were they when she announced that the term was due to end last week for a long Easter break that they begged her to let them continue . |
| 27 | If they run I want them . |
| 28 | One or two of the gentle , giant horses snorted in fear , but they allowed her to lead them to the safety of the barn , while Seb was struggling to maintain control of the hunters . |
| 29 | We were gaining a total experience from the States , and the high-level ideas related to the low-level ones in that they allowed us to accept them . |
| 30 | We 've only got two now , but they like us to tell them the details of the day . ’ |